An attempt to document my running, travels and family events. Probably of most use to me to aid my lousy memory, and to share the ones I like best from Billy's fabulous photos.

Monday, September 06, 2010

Bristol Half Marathon 5 September 2010

It just started to rain as Ali, Nick and I started for the race village. Waiting until the last possible minute to leave our raincoats at the bag drop, we took our places at the back of the pen, as the skies opened on us. Nick and a friend of Ali's (named Nick too), started off fast, and got faster. The rain stopped, and we even had some sunshine under the bridge, about the time we saw the Nicks, headed the other way on their way back into town. They finished in 1:45!

Ali and I planned to run 10 min miles and then walk 0.1 mile at each mile marker. We pretty much stuck to it until about mile 9, then Ali started having pain in her hip so we walked a couple more times each mile. But she was smiling throughout. We finished together in 2:20 - two minutes faster than the Bath half we ran together in the spring. Not bad as Ali really hadn't trained during her summer break. A short video follows: